Parameter not being passed from code - c#

I am working on a simple SharePoint page that gets data from a dropdown and passes them to a PowerShell script as a parameter. But I get an error when debugging, and I found out that there are no parameters being passed to the script.
The script file is placed inside my layouts folder, with a structure like this:
Param($param1, $param2, $param3)
What I am doing from my C# code is I read the file using a StreamReader and then run the script using this code:
using (PowerShell powerShell = PowerShell.Create()) {
powerShell.Runspace.RunspaceConfiguration.AddPSSnapIn(_powershell,out snapInException);
powerShell.Commands.AddScript(the read script form streamreader);
powerShell.AddParameter("param1", SPContext.Current.Site.Url + "/");
powerShell.AddParameter("param2", selectedText1);
powerShell.AddParameter("param3", selectedText2);
try {
var results = powerShell.Invoke();
} catch (Exception exp) { }
}
I am getting an error that my parameters are null and I don't know why my parameters are not passing. Am I doing something wrong?
Also, I tried running the ps1 script using this one:
RunspaceConfiguration runspaceCOnfig = RunspaceConfiguration.Create();
Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(runspaceCOnfig);
runspace.Open();
RunspaceInvoke scriptInvoker = new RunspaceInvoke(runspace);
Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline();
Command myCommand = new Command(script path);
CommandParameter param1 = new CommandParameter("param1", SPContext.Current.Site.Url + "/");
CommandParameter param2 = new CommandParameter("param2", selectedText1);
CommandParameter param3 = new CommandParameter("param3", selectedText2);
myCommand.Parameters.Add(param1);
myCommand.Parameters.Add(param2);
myCommand.Parameters.Add(param3);
pipeline.Commands.Add(myCommand);
and I get this error:
'path_to_script.ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

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