How can I restrict some special characters only in PHP?

I am using preg_match for restrict the special characters in form post. Now I need to restrict some special characters only like %,$,#,* and I need to post like bé. How to possible to restrict some special characters only.

My code:

<?php
$firstname='';
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
    $firstname=$_POST['firstname'];
    if(preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/", $firstname))
    {
    echo 'Invalid Name';
    }
    else
    {
    echo $firstname;
    }

}
?>

<html>
<body>
<form method="post">
<input type="text" name="firstname"/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript
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<?php$firstname='';if(isset($_POST['submit'])){    $firstname=$_POST['firstname'];    if(preg_match("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/", $firstname))    {    echo 'Invalid Name';    }    else    {    echo $firstname;    }​}?>​<html><body><form method="post"><input type="text" name="firstname"/><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"/></form></body></html>​

Answer

You should use:

([%$#*]+)

JavaScript
 
([%$#*]+)​

to match those characters.

So in preg_match you should use:

if(preg_match("/([%$#*]+)/", $firstname))
{
   echo 'Invalid Name';
}
else
{
   echo $firstname;
}

JavaScript
 
if(preg_match("/([%$#*]+)/", $firstname)){   echo 'Invalid Name';}else{   echo $firstname;}​

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