You are trying to incorrectly access the $db variable, which looks like a global . Add.
You have not passed $db into the function, so it doesn't know what $db->prepare() is supposed to do. If you wish to have global access to your $db class I'd suggest a singleton class. You can also declare $db as a global variable.
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