Bootstrap + mysql + php: robust solution for an educational dashboard?

Question

Hi. We are just beginning work on a dashboard for educational purposes. We need to show data tables of sts progress, notes etc...
Kind of like the following tables:
http://www.dreambox.com/district-reports
We have downloaded a template based on bootstrap. It is all pretty easy except for the data integration. Before we were using flash datagrids and were also looking at flex components which were very easy to use. The questions are:
1. Can we get the same "power" for our data tables/data grids with bootstrap "ready made" plugin ins.
2. To replicate the datadrid in flash what do we use in bootstrap - ajax datatable or a j query plug in.
3. How do we connect up the mysql + php + datagrid. Would it be very similar to an AS3 + php + mysql solution?
Basically, is bootstrap html5 + CSS a viable robust solution to producing an educational dashboard.
I use the term plugin because I don't think you call them components or widgets.
You must also know that this will be on an enterprise level and there should be around 10,000 active users - not at the same time obviously. We will be hiring a freelancer or part tim staff to implement and maintain but we do need to know which way to go first.
Pretty broad questions maybe, just trying to find my way and study up on what I am supposed to be studying up on. I am on Lynda.com which is OK but I need some guys creating these things to give me advice and point us in the right direction.
Cheers in advance.

Answer 1

Hi - thank you Nancy - I should get really specific now.
I spent quite a few hours investigating and here's the run down.
1. php + mysqli: Pretty easy as it is the same workflow as I use in flash - I was just a bit thrown by the html part and still have a few questions.
I will post the link to the very clean and easy to follow mysql + php implementation on html tables just in case any newbies are following the post.
http://www.sourcecodetuts.com/php/18/how-create-secure-registration-page-phpmysql-part-ii
    mysqli - they seem to use the "improved" mysqli now and this code seems to be very professional with encryption etc...
My question is which is the best method for handling the recordset back from the database.
1. In flash we used to use XML serialized which is easy for flash objects to pick up and then display in the datagrid tables.
2. The example in the next link echos it out in the html table format which sounds very obvious but not sure if it is correct as I have never dome that before.
http://www.sourcecodetuts.com/php/40/creating-and-populating-table-mysql-data-using-twitte r-bootstrap-framework
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    // Print out the contents of the entry
    echo '<tr>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['firstname'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['lastname'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['email'] . '</td>';
    echo '<td>' . $row['phone'] . '</td>';
3. However I am more used to dealing with an object returned and then dealt with in flash BUT a simple html table couldn't deal with that so - I have just started reading re: ajax or javascript. Are they the best way to handle data returned from a database. As I say this dashboard wil have to be used my many thousands and we will be creating various tables with multiple parameters inputted via dropdown box lists.
My workflow in flash - would it be javascript that would replicate that functionality or do I just echo out in tr and td tags as in above - seems to basic.
Sorry about repeating mysel above and going on and on but I hace finally got there - just missing the last part in the puzzle.
Cheers