I like to use date diff() value like integer number.
For example : I have two dates; 2016-04-22 and 2016-04-30
$diff = date2->diff(date1);
$diff_number_converted = "$diff";
$diff_plusone =" $diff_number_converted" + 1;
echo $diff_number_converted . "<br/>";
echo $diff_plusone;
And result is:
8
9
I solved my problem :)