[RESOLVED] PHP cURL and DOMDocument - reading the page

[Static]

ok, I am stumped... I am trying to grb info from a page.

the HTML source shows this

<span class='status' ng-hide='campaign.updating_worth &gt; 0'>
{{ contestantEntries() }}
</span>

but the page displays a number (my current contest entries - yes I am a contest junkie! lol)

if i "Inspect Element" with Chrome I see

<span class="status ng-binding" ng-hide="campaign.updating_worth > 0">
5764
</span>

i want the 5764

I tried parsing with xpath as

$tags = $xpath->query('//*[@id="current-entries"]/span[1]');

gets a null

$tags = $xpath->query('//span[@class="status"]');

gets {{ contestantEntries() }} (plus other stuff)

I cant seem to get the actual value!

<span class="square-describe mont" id="current-entries">
<span class="status ng-binding" ng-hide="campaign.updating_worth > 0">
5764
</span>

I need that 5764 - im sure its possible!!