Appending to posted data in CakePHP

If I have posted to controller with data and save that data with开发者_开发技巧...

$this->Flo->save($this->data)

Is there a way for me to insert a name/value pair into that data object before I run the save?

Do you mean something like this?

$this->data['Flo']['name'] = $value;
$this->Flo->save($this->data);