PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE? MYSQL Fetch code [closed]

I cannot seem to figure out whats wrong with the code... every time I try and run my script on localhost I get the following error:

Parse > error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE,expecting ',' or ';' on line 35

Here is my code:

<?php

function fetch_users(){

    $result = mysql_query('SELECT `user_id` AS `id`, `user_username` AS `username` FROM `users`');

    $users = array();

    while (($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) !== false){
        $users[] = $row;
    }

    return $users;
}

//fetch users information
function fetch_user_info($uid){
    $uid = (int)$uid;


    $sql = "SELECT
                `user_username` AS `username`,
                `user_firstname` AS `firstname`,
                `user_lastname` AS `lastname`,
                `user_email` AS `email`,
                `user_about` AS `about`,
                `user_location` AS `location`,
                `user_gender` AS `gender`'
            FROM `users`
            WHERE `user_id` = {$uid}";

    // see what the error is
    echo mysql_error()  

    $result = mysql_query($sql);            

    return mysql_fetch_assoc($result);


}
?>