title: regex to validate first name excluding @()&
body: <p>I am looking to create Regex for the first name which can allow all the special characters except <code>@()&amp;</code>, I am trying to implement it in PHP i tried something like 
  <code>/^[^0-9\@\(\)\&amp;][a-zA-Z\s]*$/</code> but its not validating properly .</p>