global header does not print my variables

[hctopcu]

The code below was working on 3.7. Somehow sometime (I assume after 3.8.1 upgrade) it stopped working. I've not worked on vB quite a while. And its been two days I'm still on this:

@global_setup_complete

PHP Code:

if(is_member_of($vbulletin->userinfo, 5,6,7,13,14,15)){
$Query = "select title,pagetext from hizircevap;";
    $getRows = $db->query_read($Query);
    $hizirbits="";
    while ($row = $db->fetch_array($getRows)){
        $hizirbits.="<tr><td class=\"vbmenu_option\" title=\"nohilite\">$row[title]</td><td><textarea  style=\"height:15px\" cols=\"1\" onclick=\"this.select();\">$row[pagetext]</textarea></td></tr>";
    }
} 


the navbar template

<!-- NAVBAR POPUP MENUS -->
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5,6,7,13,14,15)">
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="hizir_cevap_menu" style="display:none">
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead" colspan="2">Hızır Cevaplar</td>
        </tr>
        $hizirbits
</table>
</div>
</if>

and in the global header navigation bar

            <if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5,6,7,13,14,15)">
            	<td><a id="hizir_cevap" href="$show[nojs_link]#hizir_cevap" accesskey="3"  >HC</a> <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("hizir_cevap",1); </script></td>
            </if>

I've realised that I can not even print a variable such as $hizirbits='test test test';
There is nothing with the conditionals. I've double checked. Code is working. The only thing is that the variable is coming empty.
As I said it was working in previous versions.