Parse error including vendor/autoload.php

Thanks for the help. Doesn't seem to matter where the /vendor folder is - can put it in APPPATH or in the root and use FCPATH. Returns a 500. Here's the code:

PHP Code:

if (file_exists(APPPATH . 'vendor/autoload.php')) {
                require_once(APPPATH . 'vendor/autoload.php');
            } elseif (file_exists(APPPATH . '../vendor/autoload.php')) {
                require_once(APPPATH . '../vendor/autoload.php');
            } 


Path: /application/vendor

Code:

/html
 /application
   /vendor