PHP Dashboard for Plant Operations

I have a dataset of power-plant user information that records real-time operational metrics—temperatures, pressures, run times, alarms, and similar signals. I need a PHP-based web application that ingests this operational data, stores it reliably, and presents it in an easy-to-read dashboard with clear visualisations and basic analytic summaries.

The core stack should remain PHP on the server side (Laravel or plain PHP is fine as long as the code is clean), a MySQL/MariaDB datastore, and a modern JavaScript charting library such as Chart.js or D3.js for the front end. I’m only interested in operational data at this stage; maintenance logs or energy-output figures might follow later, but they’re out of scope for this sprint.

Acceptance criteria
• Secure upload or API endpoint that accepts new operational records
• Normalised database schema documented and created via migration scripts
• Responsive dashboard page showing at least: current KPIs, trend graphs, and an alert list
• Simple analytic module that can calculate averages, peaks, and anomaly flags over selectable time windows
• Code commented, PSR-12 compliant, and pushed to a private Git repository for review

If you’ve built similar data-driven dashboards in PHP and enjoy turning raw numbers into insights, I’d love to see your approach and timeline.