cant store checkbox vale ..... ?????

hi guys im stuck with check boxes now n id b really gratefull if anyone d help plx .... the thing is i cnt get the cheked value from a checkbox <input type=checkbox name=news_letter_subs >sign me up fo weekly news letter and updates</input> the processing for this is: $isql = "insert into usr_inf (email, firstName, lastName, news_letter_subs) " . "values ('" . $email . "', '" . $firstName . "', '" . $lastName . "','" . $news_letter_subs ." ') "; after a million checks on the passed data all the fileds get stored in my db except fo news_letter_subs i get a 0 fo it in my db :S where m i mucking it up guyz plz hlp .... thnx a million.... toby ..... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com