Password Verify always fails - php

Question

The password is hashed and enters the db when i try to verify it it returns false every time i have echoed out the password going in and the db password the column in the database is the correct size
<?php
require_once('dbconfig.php');
class USER
{
private $conn;
public function __construct()
{
$database = new Database();
$db = $database->dbConnection();
$this->conn = $db;
}
public function runQuery($sql)
{
$stmt = $this->conn->prepare($sql);
return $stmt;
}
public function register($uname, $umail, $upass)
{
try
{
$new_password = password_hash($upass, PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
$stmt = $this->conn->prepare("INSERT INTO USERS(USERNAME, EMAIL, PASSWORD) VALUES(:uname, :umail, :upass)");
$stmt->bindparam(":uname", $uname);
$stmt->bindparam(":umail", $umail);
$stmt->bindparam(":upass", $new_password);
$stmt->execute();
return $stmt;
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
}
public function doLogin($uname, $umail, $upass)
{
try
{
$stmt = "SELECT USERID, USERNAME, EMAIL, PASSWORD, FIRSTNAME FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME = :uname OR EMAIL = :umail ";
$stmt = $this->conn->prepare($stmt, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
$stmt->bindparam(':uname', $uname);
$stmt->bindparam(':umail', $umail);
$stmt->execute();
$userRow = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
$db_password = $userRow['PASSWORD'];
$sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM USERS WHERE USERNAME = :uname OR EMAIL = :umail";
$sql = $this->conn->prepare($sql, array(PDO::ATTR_CURSOR => PDO::CURSOR_SCROLL));
$sql->bindparam(':uname', $uname);
$sql->bindparam(':umail', $umail);
$sql->Execute();
$row = $sql->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
if($row == 1)
{
if(password_verify($upass, $userRow['PASSWORD']))
{
$_SESSION['USER_SESSION'] = $userRow['USERID'];
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
}
public function is_loggedin()
{
if(isset($_SESSION['USER_SESSION']))
{
return true;
}
}
public function redirect($url)
{
header("Location: $url");
}
public function doLogout()
{
session_destroy();
unset($_SESSION['USER_SESSION']);
return true;
}
}
?>
edit to the code i have added the whole user class but it is still returning false the password in the db looks like this $2y$10$16aMCo14n.QyON8dFsaFL..6Fi92LuBdWMCI3eAv3WHKJTblJKQ6q the column in the db is set to nvarchar (255) not null