real chat "Forbidden" errors

[Chadi]

I'm suddenly getting a bunch of "forbidden" errors where the user counts should be displayed. The ONLY thing I did was restart realchat server.

www.talkjesus.com (top right and footer).

I have two related plugins for RC.

(forumhome_start)

function getAPI($command) {
        $er = error_reporting(0);
        $result = file_get_contents("http://xxx.xxx.127.230:8080/?api.".$command);
        error_reporting($er);
        return $result;
    }

$apichat['currentuserlocation'] = getAPI("UserCount");
$apichat['currentusers2'] = getAPI("UsersIn=Chat%20Cafe");
$apichat['currentusers3'] = getAPI("UsersIn=Prayer%20Room");
$apichat['currentusers4'] = getAPI("UsersIn=Teen%20Hangout");
$apichat['currentusers5'] = getAPI("UsersIn=Bible%20Study");
$apichat['currentusers6'] = getAPI("UsersIn=Parents%20Only");
$apichat['currentuserfooter'] = getAPI("UserCount");

Permission (misc_start)

if ($_REQUEST['do'] == 'page' AND $_REQUEST['template'] == 'Chat')
{
        if (!is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 2,6,7,38,49))
        {
                print_no_permission();
        }
}

Any ideas?

--------------- Added [DATE]1316955925[/DATE] at [TIME]1316955925[/TIME] ---------------

I restored the entire RealChat directory from backups. Now, the errors are gone but the output for actual number of live chat users is just blank???