well first of all, don’t directly inject a script tag like that, use wp_enqueue_script
to add your javascript file. additional data can then be passed from php to javascript via the wp_localize_script
function.
function wpa_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_script(
'wpa_script',
get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/script.js',
array('jquery'),
null,
true
);
$script_data = array(
'image_path' => get_template_directory_uri() . '/images/'
);
wp_localize_script(
'wpa_script',
'wpa_data',
$script_data
);
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'wpa_scripts' );