PHP, WordPress, SVG image getter, embed SVG straight to the page, no img tag needed and keeps templated nice and tidy.

cm_svg_get.php

/**
 * Get SVG file as raw SVG, not img tag
 * @param  string $path Path to images direcotry
 * @param  string $file The filename, file extension (.svg) can be omitted
 * @return string       The contents of the wanted SVG file
 */
function cm_svg_get($path = 'images', $file = '')
{
    // $file = $file.".svg";
    $svg = ".svg";
    $file = (substr($file, -strlen($svg)) === $svg) ? $file : $file.$svg;
    $abs_path = get_stylesheet_directory() . '/' . $path . '/' . $file;
    // Get the file into a a variable
    ob_start();
        include $abs_path;
        $file = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();
    return $file;
}