diff --git a/philo/Makefile b/philo/Makefile
index ed7e1db..e772ede 100644
--- a/philo/Makefile
+++ b/philo/Makefile
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@
 #                                                                              #
 # **************************************************************************** #
 
-NAME = fdf
+NAME = philo
 
 SRC_PATH = src
 INC_PATH = inc
 
 OBJ_PATH = obj
 
-VPATH = src
+VPATH = src:src/utils
 SOURCES = $(shell basename -a $(shell find $(SRC_PATH) -type f -name "*.c"))
 
 OBJECTS = $(addprefix $(OBJ_PATH)/, $(SOURCES:.c=.o))
diff --git a/philo/inc/philo.h b/philo/inc/philo.h
index 3d722c7..8668f6c 100644
--- a/philo/inc/philo.h
+++ b/philo/inc/philo.h
@@ -4,31 +4,51 @@
 # include <stdio.h>
 # include <unistd.h>
 # include <stdlib.h>
+# include <string.h>
+# include <stddef.h>
+# include <sys/time.h>
+
+
+# define SUCCESS 1
+# define FAILURE 0
+
+# define ERROR_USAGE "Usage: ./philo number_of_philosophers time_to_die " \
+    "time_to_eat time_to_sleep [number_of_times_each_philosopher_must_eat]\n"
+# define ERROR_MUTEX "Can not create mutex"
+# define ERROR_MALLOC "Malloc Failure"
 
 typedef struct s_rules
 {
-    int time_to_die;
-    int time_to_eat;
-    int time_to_sleep;
-    int nb_must_eat;
+    int             n_philos;
+    int             time_to_die;
+    int             time_to_eat;
+    int             time_to_sleep;
+    int             n_must_eat;
     pthread_mutex_t *print;
     pthread_mutex_t *death;
+    pthread_mutex_t *forks;
+    t_philo         *philos;
 
 }       t_rules;
 
 typedef struct s_philo
 {
+    int             id; 
     pthread_t       *pid;
     pthread_mutex_t *l_fork;
     pthread_mutex_t *r_fork;
+    int             death;
     int             last_meal;
-    t_rules         rules;
+    t_rules         *rules;
 }       t_philo;
+
 // memset, printf, malloc, free, write,
 // usleep, gettimeofday, pthread_create,
 // pthread_detach, pthread_join, pthread_mutex_init,
 // pthread_mutex_destroy, pthread_mutex_lock,
 // pthread_mutex_unlock
 
+int	ph_atoi(const char *nptr, int *res);
+
 
 #endif
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diff --git a/philo/philo b/philo/philo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c22300
Binary files /dev/null and b/philo/philo differ
diff --git a/philo/src/create_mutexes.c b/philo/src/create_mutexes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..903aee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/create_mutexes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+int	create_mutexes(t_rules *rules)
+{
+	int	i;
+
+	i = 0;
+	if (!pthread_mutex_init(&rules->death, NULL))
+		return(FAILURE);
+	if (!pthread_mutex_init(&rules->print, NULL))
+		return(FAILURE);
+	rules->forks = malloc(rules->n_philos * sizeof(pthread_mutex_t));
+	if	(!rules->forks)
+		return(FAILURE);
+	while (i < rules->n_philos)
+	{
+		if (!pthread_mutex_init(&rules->forks[i], NULL))
+			return(FAILURE);
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/create_philos.c b/philo/src/create_philos.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cace20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/create_philos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+int	create_philos(t_rules *rules)
+{
+	int		i;
+	t_philo *philo;
+
+	i = 0;
+	rules->philos = malloc(rules->n_philos * sizeof(t_philo));
+	if (!rules->philos)
+		return(FAILURE);
+	while (i < rules->n_philos)
+	{
+		philo = &rules->philos[i];
+		philo->id = i + 1;
+		philo->l_fork = &rules->forks[i];
+		philo->r_fork = &rules->forks[i + 1 % rules->n_philos];
+		philo->death = 0;
+		philo->pid = 0;
+		philo->rules = rules;
+		i++;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/destroy_mutexes.c b/philo/src/destroy_mutexes.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0189274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/destroy_mutexes.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+int	destroy_mutexes(t_rules *rules)
+{
+	int	i;
+
+	i = 0;
+	if (!pthread_mutex_destroy(&rules->death))
+		return(FAILURE);
+	if (!pthread_mutex_destroy(&rules->print))
+		return(FAILURE);
+	while (i < rules->n_philos)
+	{
+		if (!pthread_mutex_destroy(&rules->forks[i]))
+			return(FAILURE);
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/free_philos.c b/philo/src/free_philos.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e348d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/free_philos.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+int free_philos(t_rules *rules)
+{
+	free(rules->philos);
+	free(rules->forks);
+}	
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diff --git a/philo/src/get_time.c b/philo/src/get_time.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1360063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/get_time.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+int get_time(void)
+{
+	struct timeval	time;
+
+	gettimeofday(&time, NULL);
+	return (time.tv_sec * 1000 + time.tv_usec / 1000);
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/main.c b/philo/src/main.c
index f03b93a..5082711 100644
--- a/philo/src/main.c
+++ b/philo/src/main.c
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-    
+    t_rules rules;
+
+    if (FAILURE == parse_arguments(argc, argv, &rules))
+        return (printf(ERROR_USAGE), EXIT_FAILURE);
+	if (FAILURE == create_philos(&rules))
+		return (printf(ERROR_MALLOC));
+	if (FAILURE == create_mutexes(&rules))
+		return (printf(ERROR_MUTEX));
+
     return(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
diff --git a/philo/src/parse_arguments.c b/philo/src/parse_arguments.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f74d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/parse_arguments.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+int parse_arguments(int argc,char *argv[], t_rules *rules)
+{
+    if (argc != 5 && argc != 6)
+        return (FAILURE);
+    if (!ph_atoi(argv[1], &rules->n_philos))
+        return (FAILURE);
+    if (!ph_atoi(argv[2], &rules->time_to_die))
+		return (FAILURE);
+    if (!ph_atoi(argv[3], &rules->time_to_eat))
+		return (FAILURE);
+	if (!ph_atoi(argv[4], &rules->time_to_sleep))
+        return (FAILURE);
+    if (argc == 6 && !ph_atoi(argv[5], &rules->n_must_eat))
+		return (FAILURE);
+	return (SUCCESS);
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/print_status.c b/philo/src/print_status.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49feafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/print_status.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+int print_status(t_philo *philo, char *status)
+{
+	pthread_mutex_lock(philo->rules->print);
+	printf("%d %d %s\n", get_time(), philo->id, status);
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(philo->rules->print);
+}
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diff --git a/philo/src/utils/ph_atoi.c b/philo/src/utils/ph_atoi.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e47396c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/philo/src/utils/ph_atoi.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "philo.h"
+
+static int	ph_isspace(int c)
+{
+	return (' ' == c || '\f' == c || \
+			'\n' == c || '\r' == c || \
+			'\t' == c || '\v' == c);
+}
+
+static int	ph_isdigit(int c)
+{
+	return ('0' <= c && '9' >= c);
+}
+
+int	ph_atoi(const char *nptr, int *res)
+{
+	while (ph_isspace(*nptr))
+		nptr++;
+	*res = 0;
+	while (ph_isdigit(*nptr))
+		*res = 10 * *res + (*nptr++ - '0');
+	if (*nptr != '\0')
+		return (FAILURE);
+	return (SUCCESS);
+}