password_verify always returns true

Question

I'm working on a login page and stumbled across this problem where no matter what password i write, i'm able to log in.

I checked the values of $password, $row['password'], $pwdCheck and all had the values they needed to be.

The hashed password gets saved in a varchar(255). I more than double checked the names and everything i thought of but if you think about something please let me know. As far as i know the problem lies in password_verify.

I know this isn't the best practice of making a login page but for now it works.

Thanks

<?php

if ( isset($_POST['login-submit']) ) {
    require '../../files/includes/functions.php';
    $mysqli = get_db();
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $password = $_POST['password'];
    // check if the email is in the database
    $sql ='SELECT * FROM taxisvl_diritems WHERE email =?';
    $stmt = mysqli_stmt_init($mysqli);
    if ( empty($email) || empty($password) ) {
        header("Location: /inloggen?error=emptyfields");
        exit();
    }
    else {
        // check to see if we can run the query
        if ( !mysqli_stmt_prepare($stmt,$sql) ) {
            header("Location: /inloggen?error=sqlerror");
            exit();
        }
        else {
            // bind the value to the parameter in the query statement
            mysqli_stmt_bind_param($stmt, 's', $email);
            // run the query
            mysqli_stmt_execute($stmt);
            $result = mysqli_stmt_get_result($stmt);
            // check if we have a result for the given email
            if ( $row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result) ) {
                // check the password
                $pwdCheck = password_verify($password, $row['password']);
                if ( $pwdCheck = true) {
                    // user is logged in
                    // create sessions to retreive users info
                    $_SESSION['id'] = $row['id'];
                    $_SESSION['email'] = $row['email'];
                    $_SESSION['name'] = $row['name'];
                    header("Location: /dashboard"); 
                    exit();
                }
                else {
                    header("Location: /inloggen?error=wrngpassword");
                    exit();
                }
            }
            else {
                header("Location: /inloggen?error=wrngemail");
                exit();
            }
        }
    }
} else {
    echo 'Login not set';
}
?>```