[Ajax] sending textarea val with line-breaks included

[Ajax] sending textarea val with line-breaks included

Hey Guy,
I´m using  the ajax function ($.ajax()) to send the value of a textarea to an php file. This works fine. But the data, which i`m sending to to the php file, is without any line-breaks.

Here is my ajax request:
  1. var myTextareaVal = $('#message-textarea').val();

  3. $.ajax({                                       
  4.       type: "GET",
  5.       url: "myPhpFile.php",           
  6.       data: "text=" + myTextareaVal,           
  7.       cache: false,
  8.       dataType: "html",           
  9.       success: function(data) {   
                $('.modal_content').find('.message:last').before(data);

  10.       }
  11. }); 

So when I`m writing:
"Hello,[break]
how are you?[break]
My name is Simon"

I`m getting the data in myTextareaVal like: "Hello, how are you? My name is Simon"

I`ll hope you can help me! :-)
Monsi