PHP shows not correct number of posts - php

Question

For one of my (wordpress) projects I have an event page that shows all upcoming events. The problem is, I need to show only 2 'future' events.
I now have: 5 events in total, 3 in the past (shouldn't display anymore) and 2 future events (should display). When I use the showposts => 2 no future posts are being displayed, when I do showposts => 5, the 2 future events do display.
How can I fix that only 2 future events will be displayed?
<?php
$months = array("", "januari", "februari", "maart", "april", "mei", "juni", "juli", "augustus", "september", "oktober", "november", "december");
query_posts( array( 'post_type' => 'events', 'showposts' => 5) );
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$dateparts = explode("-",get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'date')[0] );
$date = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'date')[0];
$event_date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', $date);
$now = new DateTime() ;
$past_event = ($event_date <= $now);
if(!$past_event){
?>
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Create a secondary loop and meta query on 'date' fields.I hope this will helpful.
<?php
$event_query = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => 'event',
'meta_key' => 'date',
'order_by' => 'date',
'order' => 'asc',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'date',
'value' => date("n"),
'compare' => '>=',
)
)
)
);
?>
<?php while($event_query->have_posts()): $event_query->the_post(); ?>