[SOLVED] removing first letter

[nathanmaxsonadil]

I have a php script that takes the a thing from the table and delete's it it also add's it to a new mysql table but when it adds it to a new mysql table I want it to be like (thethingidelted/sessionvarible) however when I run my code it takes the first letter off the session varible

 

here's my code

if (base64_decode($_GET['need']) != "" && $_GET['delete'] == "true") {
		$query = "DELETE FROM thing WHERE need = '" . base64_decode($_GET['need']) . "'";
		mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
                        $query2 = "INSERT INTO thingpend (pend)
VALUES ('" . base64_decode($_GET['need']) . "\\" . $session->userinfo['thing'] . "')";
		mysql_query($query2) or die(mysql_error());
		echo "<div id='mes'><ul><li>Thanks</li></ul></div>";
	}